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'I was beat up and robbed'

That's what the 55-year-old rural Willard man said about two suspects in a Nov. 20 theft.

Melinda S. Oney, 46, of 37 Bell St., Bellevue, and Samantha T. Robinson, 42, of 169 Beelman St., Plymouth, are charged with theft of drugs. If convicted of the fourth-degree felony, each defendant faces six to 18 months behind bars.

"I was beat up and robbed," the victim said. "They took all my medication."

While the Huron County Sheriff's Office recovered the medicine, the victim had to pay more than $300 to replace all of it. He also spent another $200 to replace his stolen jeans, special medical socks and shirts.

"I had to buy all new clothes," said the man, who wonders why a female thief would want a man's pair of jeans.

The victim is pleased with the fast, efficient work of the sheriff's office, specifically Sheriff Dane Howard and Deputy Eric Bardar.

"They did an excellent job," the man said. "They were nice to me. They were very polite."

He identified the suspects for Bardar.

"Eric was great. He was excellent," said the man, who credited Bardar with calming him down when he first reported the crime.

"Eric told me he found heroin (on Robinson), but he said that's Richland County's problem," he said.

Wanted: New housekeeper

The situation began when the man had to look for a new housekeeper. The Willard man is considered disabled; he has a bad heart and had two back surgeries. Five to six years ago, he had open-heart surgery.

"I had a new artery put in and a valve put in," he said.

The man had lost his housekeeper because she moved from Willard to Bucyrus. However, she used a computer and helped him find a new person to clean his residence. That's how he said he came in contact with Robinson, whom he interviewed.

"She gave me (Robinson's) phone number and I called her. ... She was really nice and sweet," he said. "She took care of the elderly and the disabled, is what she said."

A man Robinson referred to as her father dropped her off at the rural Willard man's home. He said the father told him, "take care of my father."

"Her dad was supposed to pick her back up," the would-be victim said.

The man, after interviewing Robinson, agreed to pay her $10 an hour to clean for him three hours a day every other week.

"Three hours is good enough for me. I'm a bad housekeeper. It's cluttered," he said.

Eventually, Robinson reportedly told the man her father couldn't pick her up and she asked if she could stay the night.

"(She said), 'can I spend the night and I'll get on it the next morning because my dad can't pick me up,'" the man said.

The would-be victim told Robinson he wanted to talk to her dad when he came to pick her up "because he said he grew up around here and knew one of my neighbors." The woman refused to let the two men speak to each other.

The man offered Robinson to sleep in his bedroom while he took the couch.

"Samantha constantly texted on the phone after the interview," he said.

He later realized Robinson probably was up to no good.

"The girl was scoping the house out," he said. "I had 'stupid' painted right on my forehead."

After the interview

About 5 p.m. the day of the interview, the man told Robinson he had to take his heart medication. He stressed he never showed her where the medication was and in fact, he hid some of it under his bed.

"I had everything locked up ... because I didn't want them to think I had a pharmacy," the man said. "I didn't take it out in front of her."

While Robinson was at his house, the would-be victim said he noticed the woman's face had spots on it, possibly cold sores.

"She said when she gets nervous, she gets pimples. Those weren't pimples," said the man, who was told heroin addicts often dig at their faces.

The morning after the interview, Robinson told him he needed more cleaning supplies, so he gave her some money. He allowed her to use his pickup truck to drive into Greenwich.

"It's a real nice truck," said the man, who later became worried when Robinson didn't return as quickly as he expected.

He contacted his ex-housekeeper who texted Robinson.

When Robinson returned to his house, Oney was with her. The man told them he couldn't afford to pay both of them, but they reportedly said they'd be able to get his house cleaned quickly and in time for Thanksgiving. The would-be victim wanted his house to be presentable for his grandchildren.

'Assaulted and robbed'

The man said he stayed up as long as he could, but he eventually had to go to bed and told the women they could watch TV.

He woke up abut 9 or 9:30 a.m. and drove Robinson to Willard so they could do some Thanksgiving Day shopping. He said Oney claimed to be sick and requested to stay on the couch while he and Robinson went shopping.

When they returned home, the man said he found a garbage bag and hamper full of his belongings near the back door where he entered his house. He recognized a blanket he keeps on his sofa and demanded to see what was inside the bag and hamper.

"I started to go through it -- and got clobbered by Melinda," the man said. "They both took off down the road."

The man called the sheriff's office and reported the two suspects left on foot. One of them reportedly was picked up by a neighbor.

"It took a while to get to the sheriff's office because they hid my phones," he said.

"I told them I've been assaulted and robbed. I told them I needed someone right away because they were on foot," the man added.

The following day, the victim said he went to his doctor, who saw a "big lump on my back."

"You're black and blue back there," he said, quoting his doctor.

"I got hit hard," said man who suspects he was assaulted with a hammer or wrench.

"Samantha got caught that night with the evidence. That next night Eric went out and got Melinda. He got them in jail in two days; I couldn't believe it," the victim said.

When Robinson was arrested, the man said she had the title to a vehicle new to him in her purse. The victim bought the car for $300 when he and Robinson were out shopping before the suspected theft. He had asked Robinson to keep the document in her purse.

"I had to apply for a lost title," he said.

Comments

Voipgirl

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 2:08am

Give me 15 minutes in a locked room with these wimps.

Scranton Tibbs

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 2:47am

Their Facebook pages make them look like recipe sharin, god lovin mothers. These hoes look sketchy to me. Nothing but hill jack reefer queens stealin to get a fix. I'm sure the kids are proud.

Scranton Tibbs

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 3:09am

Could have a least let the one gal dry her hair and put her teeth in first.

JACKEL

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 10:39am

Medicaid hasn't bought her teeth yet !

rbenn

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 6:45am

Osama ben toothless lmao

Estrella Damm

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 7:48am

No way those two women are in their 40's.

starryeyes83

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 11:44am

Why? I'm in my late 40's and still usually get guessed at in my 30's. I love it. Learning how to do self - facial massage works wonders.

Some people look older and some people look younger. The booze and drugs will always make people look older and more haggard. It doesn't do anything for the skin.

Their facebooks make them sound like good, law abiding, god fearing, hand holding, bible reading, loving mothers. What a crock of $H! T. WOW. Talk about some Jekyll and Hyde's.

Scranton Tibbs

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 3:46pm

Looks like towelhead/no teeth has a job at "WORKS ON MY OWN TIME" i.e. collecting EBT/SNAP benefits and jackin old guys stuff to pay for chasin Mr. Brownstone.

Contestant #2 is a self proclaimed "prayer warrior" who misses her son. Also a member of the "I hate heroin" and "Bible study" groups on there. That's hilarious. You'd probably see your son more if you weren't out robbing people and shooting up junk loser.

Should take away thier kids and sterilize these pieces of garbage. I don't have much sympathy for these "addicts", but when you target helpless people and commit crimes against them, I hope they throw the book at your worthless a$$e$. You've failed at the game of life.

mikeylikesit

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 4:14pm

BRAVO! scranton tibbs, you never let me down!

Scranton Tibbs

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 4:17pm

Thank you sir!

WASP71

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 4:26pm

Uh oh....you made the people that love the addicts mad! Their wrath will come down on you now! Can't say anything bad about the trash!!

starryeyes83

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 7:25pm

What? More street slang for shooting horse and you don't accuse someone else of being a druggie? Why WASSP71, I do believe you're slipping. OH, oops I added an extra S.

Silly me.

Oh, and everybody, make damn sure you spell/type "heroin" correctly and don't dare make a mistake or you all will get called druggies by WASSPdick ,too.

methodman

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 4:36pm

Mikey. You're slippin. No mention of marrying either one of these broads?

mikeylikesit

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 4:56pm

maybe if i was a bit younger. i cant take the beatings as well as i used to.. i married a bellevue girl,(divorced now) a sweet beautiful young lady til after we were married. after her transformation she had to wear a towel on her head too, so the snakes wouldn't bite anybody..

erleuchten

Wed, 02/26/2014 - 6:01am

Hey, I hooked up with your x's sister (Euryale) for a while. Left too many fang marks though. Reminds me of last year's corn crop-never picked & unwanted.

mikeylikesit

Wed, 02/26/2014 - 6:43am

i feel your pain, man..

ladydye_5

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 4:27pm

Well maybe they were stealing so they could buy some new bibles and I hate heroin stickers!!! Yeah, that's it.

benedict

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 5:31pm

From what I can make out, her son has passed away, so maybe she's trying to go see him by doing the drugs, etc.

humpty_dumpty

Tue, 02/25/2014 - 4:39pm

NOW i remember why i dont do drugs if you do you could look like these 2 women!!!!!!!!!!